Hail in Nebraska, June 7, 2002

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
330 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2002

FORECAST CHALLENGES...CONVECTION TONIGHT AND POTENTIAL FOR HVY
RAIN...TEMPS.

SYNOPSIS...LATEST SUBJECTIVE SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED THE BOUNDARY
BTWN ANW AND ONL WITH A LO CNTR IN SE SD.  SFC TEMPERATURES WERE IN
THE UPR 80S TO LOWER 90S.  SFC DEWPOINTS AT YKN/OKF/OLU WERE IN THE
LOWER 60S.  IR STLT SHOWED AN ENHANCED AREA OF CLDS IN WRN NEB AND
HAVE WATCHED THIS FEATURE PUSH INTO NCNTRL NEB AND SD.  88-D MOSAIC
HAS A BAND OF -SHRA AND EMBEDDED -TSRA ALONG THE FNT

FORECAST...SHORT RANGES MODELS CONTINUE TREND OF THE CLOSED LOW OFF
THE WA COAST DROPPING INTO THE PACIFIC NW SAT AM AND THE GRT BASIN
AREA SUN...PUMPING UP THE RIDGE OVR THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS.
A COMPARISON OF THE SFC PATTERNS HAVE THE SFC FNT SLIPPING FURTHER
INTO NE NEB BEFORE LIFTING N INTO SD.  THIS FNT IS FCST TO RMN TO
THE N OF THE FCST AREA KEEPING THE CWFA IN THE HOT AIR UNTIL ITS
PASSAGE.

TONIGHT MUCH OF THE FCST AREA IS UNDER THE SLIGHT RISK.  BELIEVE
BEST RISK FOR SVR TO BE IN NE NEB.  AS THIS IS WHERE THE BEST
CONVERGENCE...UVV...UPR LVL JET SUPPORT...AND INSTABILITY IS.
CORFIDI VECTORS INITIALLY HAVE STORMS LIFTING NE...THEN AFT 06Z SE.
DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS...THE REDEVELOPMENT AND
REPEATED PASSAGE OF STORMS...AND HIGH PWS WILL HAVE TO MONITOR FOR
HEAVY RAIN.  PER COORD WITH FSD...THEY HAVE DECIDED TO GO WITH A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH WHICH MAY COME TO YKN.  FFG FOR OUR NRN COUNTIES
ARE IN THE 2-3 INCH RANGE AND IT HAS BEEN VERY DRY IN THAT PORTION
OF THE STATE...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME LOCALIZED RAINS THIS PAST
WEEK.  WITH THIS IN MIND...HAVE NOT GONE WITH A WATCH AS BELIEVE THE
BETTER RISK WILL BE A LITTLE FARTHER N.  EXPECT SOME OF THESE STORMS
TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND HAVE INDICATED THIS IN THE ZONES.  HAVE
SOME RISK OF TSRA FARTHER S AS THEY WILL TURN SE...BEST CONVERGENCE
AND MOISTURE AXIS IN SD THOUGH.  LOWS TON IN THE 60S.

FOR SAT/SUN...HOT TEMPS TO REMAIN OF THE FCST AREA AND HIGHER
DEWPOINTS TO FIND THEIR WAY N WITH WINDY CONDITION EACH DAY.  WILL
CONTINUE TO GO ABOVE GUID ON TEMPS.  RECORDS 100 TO 102.HAVE
INCLUDED A SLIGHT RISK OF -TSRA SE SUN AFT AND SUN NIGHT.

IN LATER PERIODS...THE CLOSED UPR LOW LIFTS OUT ACRS MT/WY MON...AND
INTO SCNTRL CANADA TUE AND WED.  THE LONGER RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO
SLOW DOWN THE PASSAGE OF THE SFC FNT AND PROGRESSION OF THE UPR
LOW.  DUE TO THE INTENSITY OF THIS STORM SYSTEM MON/TUE WILL HAVE TO
KEEP UP WITH POTENTIAL FOR SVR.  BEYOND THIS PD..MAINLY DRY AND
COOLER TEMPS.

.OMA...NONE.

ZAPOTOCNY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
425 PM CDT FRI JUN 07 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0415 PM    2 E VERDEL                NE   .75 INCH HAIL
06/07/02   KNOX                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-080430-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
510 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2002

STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA THIS EVENING
AND TONIGHT.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
AREA UNTIL 11 PM CDT.  SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED AS FAR SOUTH AS
DAVID CITY AND THE OMAHA AREA LATER TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FRONT CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO FAR SOUTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA WILL ACT AS A TRIGGER FOR THUNDERSTORMS.  MOISTURE
AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ARE CONCENTRATED NEAR THE FRONT...
WHICH WILL INCREASE INSTABILITY NEARBY.  SOME OF THE STORMS MAY
CONTAIN STRONG WINDS OR LARGE HAIL.

THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTH DURING THE EVENING HOURS...
BUT BEGIN TO MOVE BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT LATE TONIGHT.
THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE FRONT WILL MOVE AS FAR SOUTH AS
EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA BEFORE RETURNING NORTH.

HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...SINCE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO BE CROSSING THE AREA FOR MUCH OF
THE NIGHT.  LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND...THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
NORTH INTO THE DAKOTAS.  THIS WILL REDUCE THE THREAT OF ANY
THUNDERSTORMS OR SEVERE WEATHER IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA.
NEBRASKA

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC AND CLIMATIC
INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/OAX OR AT WEATHER.GOV (LOWER CASE).

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